Ticket-holder.



PATENTED AUG. 6, 1967.

G. LQVENBBRG. TICKET HOLDER. APPLIoATroN :FILED DBO. 6; 1906.

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MMM@ ATTDRNEY.

CHARLES LOVENBERG, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed December 5, 1906. Serial No. 346.421.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LovENBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a device for temporarily holding strips of tickets or other articles in strip form, which are capable of detachment in sections; and has for its objects a means for simultaneously supporting and guiding the strips to a convenient position for manipulation; also means for readily severing the individual unit from the strip whereby the operator is en abled to sever the ticket, or other unit, with one hand instead of two, as is at present the custom.

To the above end my invention consists in constructing a curved channeled guiding plate over which the strips are impelled.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specication, Figure l is a perspective view of my novel device. Figs. 2, 3 and 4, top, side and rear elevations respectively of the same, and Fig. 5, a perspective View of another form.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

A convenient embodiment o my invention consists in an upwardly and outwardly curved metallic cutter plate, A, provided upon its upper or exterior surface with vertically disposed parallel inturned guide flanges, a, a, b, b, c, c, d, d, extending from the lower to the upper edge of the plate. The fianges are arranged in couplets, that is, each flange couplet, a a, b b, c c/ and d d, has its constituent flanges oppositely directed, thereby forming a plurality of flat channels, a2, b2, c2 and d2. v

The plate or body, A, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3, has its outer margin ground to a bevel to form a cutting blade, as at e. The body, A, is also provided with integral lateral lugs, f, near its base, provided with openings, g, through which passes screws, 7L, provided with nuts, i, to engage knee brackets, j, adapted to be engaged to a table, shelf, or other horizontal support, k. If, however, it is desired the bracket and its connecting parts may be omitted, and the plate be fixed to a vertical wall by screws through the openings oi the lugs.

The operation of my device is as follows: The strip, B, traverses one of the channels on the body, A, where it is loosely retained by the adjacent flanges and by the curved contour of the plate. The operator manually advances the strip, B, until it projects the distance oi a single unit beyond the sharp edge of the plate, as illustrated in Fig. l, and then twists the projecting part downwardly, whereby the unit is severed from the rest of the slip.

Obviously the number of channels upon the plate is v merely a question of convenience, and a plate providedwith a single channel only is convenient in many lines of business. In theaters and some other places, how ever, where a variety of different priced tickets are simultaneously sold, a plurality of channels are required.

What I claim is,

1. A ticket holder' consisting of a plate having means on its lower portion whereby said portion may be ixedly connected to a support; the said plate being curved upward and forward from said lower portion and being provided on its rear, convex side with a channel or guideway extending throughout the height thereof and dee signed for the passage of a strip of tickets.

2. A ticket holder consisting of a plate having means on is lower portion whereby said portion may be xedly connected to a support; the said plate being curved upward and forward from said lower portion and being provided on its rear, convex side from one end to the other thereof with channels or guide-ways which extend throughout the height of the plate and are designed for the passage of strips of tickets.

In testimony whereof I have axed my presence of two witnesses.

signature in CHARLES LOVENBERG. Witnesses:

HORATIO E. BELLows, WALTER E. GooDwrN. 

